Striping device



May 14, 1929- J. T. scHAAFF 1,713,007

STRIPING DEVICE Filed Nov. 6, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet l May 14, 1929. J, T, SCHAAFF 1,713,007

STRIPING DEVICE Filed Nov. 6, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 1* f mmmHummm a l l l I.

I l l l Patented May 14, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT' orties.

JOHN T. SCHAAFF, F ,WASJHINGTON, DISTRICT 0F COLUMBIA, .ASSIGN OR TO THE TAB- ULATING MACHINE COI4IPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0Fv NEW Application tiled November 6, 1923.

In the tabula-ting machine a'rt use is made of so-called tabulating 'cards whieh'are provided with a number of printed'index point designations which are afterwardsy` suitably perforated to receive desired data. ii

In the use of these eards'it is yoc'casitmally necessary lto distinguish certain card'sj'from others and fort-his purpose the'cards have been differently coloredl: vuch coloring' n ecessita'tes the use of different paper stock and increases the expense'of the cards. According to the present inventionsu'ch tabulating cards are striped -at oneedge with a band of color and the balance of the card is left the same as with 'the usual record cards. The striping of such a band of color upon cards introduces a number problems among which may be mentioned the increased cost of the striping operation, and the possibility of excess quantities of ink being applied to the card in stock, thereby vmaking 4 them unsightly. A I

The present invention is` directed to the provision 0f. a simple striping attachment or D appliance which may be readilyattached to the card printing members whereby the striping operation may be performed during the passage of the card stock through the press.

One of the objects of the present invention is the provision of a striping device and appliance which may be readily manipulated by an unskilled laborer with a minimum of danger of damaging the cards in the stock.

Second, the provision-cfa ,striping device f which may be readily swungto an inoperative postion when it is desired to pass cards through the machine which are not to be striped.

Third. the provision of a striping device which will permit the ready changes of inks so that different colored cards may be produced without the expenditure of excessive time in changing from one ink to another.

A still further object of thepresent invention resides in the provision of certain improvements in construction in the striping of cards to admit various adjustments thereby improving the resultin card product and permitting the use of comparatively unskilled operators upon the card presses.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 shows a side elevation ofthe inking attachment associated with a web of stock which is to be inked.

ably fixed to the STRIPING DEVICE Serial No. 673,136.

Fig. is a detail "iew of the inking attachment displaced to inoperative position.-

F 1g. 3 1s a detail sectional view taken on line of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 vis'anotherI detail sectional View taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the device with the supply'reservoir removed.

Fig.' 6'is a view 'of a simple card with the edge striped.

In more detail,` Ydesigriates one 'of the frame members oit' the press to which is secured'an angle member 11. The Alocation of this angle member is such that the web of card or paper stock to be striped passes adjacent it, as indicated at'12 in Fig. 1. Attached to the angle 11 by suitable screws is a base plate 13. This basep'late .is preferably slotted at the sides of the screws to permit the disengagement of the plate and the parts mounted onit asa unit by loosening supply eservoir is preferably removable by loosening a clamping screw 16. Also adjustase plate is a sub-base plate 18 (Fig. 5) which is preferably secured to the base plate by the Wing nut 19 which engages a threaded stud projecting through a slot on the base plate. The sub-base plate 18 carries an extended bracket 20 which rotatably supports an adjusting screw 21 having a threaded end engaging a frame member 22. Frame member 22 is slidably adjustable to the right and left relative to the sub-base plate by adjusting the screw.21. The member 22 is properly guided for this sliding movement by a stud 23 which checks into an alongated slot in the sub-base plate. Member 22 has integral with it a. supplementary side plate 24 which is slotted, as shown at 25 (Fig. 1), to receive a stud 26 which is fixedly carried by the side plate 27 of the inkfount assembly. Plate 24 likewise carries a fixed stud 28 on which is rotatably mounted an eccentric 29 fixedly secured to an adjusting lever 30 provided with an operating handle 30. The eccentric 29 checks into a. slot 31 of plate 27 and by adjusting the lever 30 up or down against its limited stops 31a the plate 27 may be rocked. about stud 26 as a pivot. Preferably, the stops 31"* are se placed that carry o into a cupped A depression whenthe device is raised to inoperative position as iirFig. 2, the lever,=30;with caui29 may turn slightly past dead center so as to beheld in such position by `the weight ofthe Parts. I. i' 'il if.; ]I if' rl"he"slot connection25^permits the""inlt fount devices, which will be hereinaterdescribed, to be entirely removed from'the ma? chine at will. VVhen-suh, removal iside; sired. a latch or pawl 32 is displaced clockwise Vfrom the position shown .in :Figi lthereby perniittingi-plate? to be slidto the right unt-il stud 26 isclearLofztheendof the-slot 9.5 and supporting plateg/t..-i'lhereafteiuthe ventire assemblage of. parts .carriedbyplate ,scribedalso provides for an. .adjustment of t-he striping device Ifrom 'operativeto 4 inoperative position as fxvjill hereinafter `begdescribed.

The construction.ofthejinlt .Box 33 is Aalso provide'dvritli an overflow opening '39 which leadsqdireet-ly into the receptacle 38, as s hown in' ]`ig' s. 2 and 4.l The felt. 35A'is retained fin position Ain'j/tlifebox' 33 bylmeans' .of .a pivotedpres'ser member-40. The amount o f in k passingthroughtlie feit 35.: from the rear ofthe taiilc 33 is controlled by an adjustment sereiv 4l which, bears Aupon a blocl-I carried by the`presfser"men iber 4 0. The drain box 38 delivers all excess vink through a duct 42to Aa box43 which is suitably supported upon the main frame of the machine and provided 'with an opening extending into a suitable overflow receptacle 44.v

To supply inl: in measured camounts to the ink box siphon conduit Li5 is provided which has one end'extending into a receptacle 15 and the other extendingadjacent the top of the rear of the ink box where it is provided with a stop cock 46. l To start the fiow of ink through the siphon a compressible bulb may be provided by which pressure may be pumped through tube A into the receptacle 15 above the inlr therein. This pressure forces the ink, up through the Siphon and the amount of dow into the receptacle may be controlled by suitably adjusting the stop cock 4G. However, when a bulb is used' to supply the starting pressure, if the bulb is suddenly released it tends todraW a vacuum in the receptacle and thus stop the flow. A preferable way of starting the How, thereuntil the.1' ei tacle-istemilty; f

Preferablyua slight, excess otinlis fed-to the in k receptacle andthe excess is `permitted .jnst itlledevce l intoitoperative relation with thef weblof paperfstoekivliich, is Ttot be inked thex liandle() thrown into the position sho.\\{n. ii1 F thereby bringing. the ink- Tinglgtelt against; the paper to: be striped. v After; the @ink aSSembly is' 'thu s placed in to,.o`perative positionthe felt is vadjusted against Ethel -strip get paperby manipulating vthumb screWQLfui-liich fdisplacfes the entire inklbox assembly lteluy. with reSPe-Ct'ro the Paper web, Subsequently the' amount ot in l; which is tobe applied to the paper can be A, contr'olled byadjusting these-row 41 which controls the amo'untiof ink fedjthrough the felt Wie-king. exess'iuk lpassing'through drains' into the receptacle 36 "and is topping on the paper. During periods when; the press is shutdown foi'iit'ain" to inoperative position, ij e.,

"from 'felt 315A or excess ink :frein the 'si phon willlbe properly difaiued'hat-k into the voverflow reeeptacle"'38. The' drain openingr 39 should be so positioned that its Vlower edge Willbeisli'glitly below'the level 'of the highest part of member 34' when the apparatus is tilted to "inoperative position as in Fig. 2. This'will permit excess ink to flow through said opening instead of. over member 3-L If at'any time'it'is desiredtochange from one ink to another for the purpose of' chang ing the color or for any other reason the eutire in k fountl assembly may be removed from the sub-base plate. This is effected by properly adjusting the eccentric, swinging latch 32 clockwise, thereafter displacing the mk fount assembly'to the Aright until clear of the end of its retaining slot 25.

`What I claim is '1. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printing machine and comprising in eombinatiom'acolor-applying device comprising a unitary struc-ture consisting of a reservoir for coloring matter and means forextraeting the coloring matter therefrom and'applying it to the stock, means for supporting said device in a position to engage and stud 9.6 is 1 apply coloring material to the moving stock, means for adjustably setting said device 1n any desired relation to the path of movement of the stock, means for supplying coloring material to said device, and means for conducting excess coloring matter from said device and away from the moving stock.

2. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a-printing machine and comprising in combination, a color-applying device comprising a unitary structure consisting of a reservoir for coloring matter and means for extracting coloring mattei' therefrom and applying it to the stock, means for supporting said device to engage and apply coloring material to the moving stock, means for adjusting said device toward and away from the path of movement of the stock, independent means for moving said device from operative to inoperative position at will and vice versa with respect to the moving stock, and means for supplying coloring material to said device.

3. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printing mac ine and comprising in combination, a color-applying device comprisin a unitary structure consisting of a reservoir or coloring matter and means for extracting coloring matter therefrom and applying it to the stock, means for supporting said device to engage and apply colorin material to the moving stock, means for a justing said device toward and away from the path of movement of the stock, independent means for moving said device from operative to inoperative position at will and vice versa with respect to the moving stock, means for supplying coloring material to Said device, and means for regulating the supply of coloring material to said device.

4. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printing machine and comprising in combination, a color-applying device, means for supporting said device in a position to engage and apply coloring material to the moving stock, means for supplying coloring material to said device, means for regulating the supply of coloring material to said device, and means for conducting excess coloring material from said device and away from the moving stock.

5. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printing machine and comprising in combination, a color-applying device including a wick, means for said device in a position to apply coloring material to the moving stock, means for adjusting said device toward and away from the path of movement of the stock including an operating handle, means to limit the movement of the handle in either direction, means for supplying coloring material to said device, and means for varying the cross-section of said wick.

6. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printing machine and comprising in combination, a color-applying de` vice, mea-ns for supporting said device to engage and apply coloring material to the moving stock, means for adjusting said device toward and away from the path of movement of the stock, independent means for moving said device from operative to inoperative position at will and Vice versa with respect to the moving stock, an auxiliary reservoir for supplying coloring material to said device, a mainreservoir for supplying coloring material to said auxiliary reservoir, and means whereby said auxiliary reservoir and device may be detached from the apparatus.

An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printing machine and comprising in combination, a liquid-conducting, color-applying device, means for supporting said device to engage and apply coloring material to the moving stock, means for adjusting said device toward and away from the path of movement of the stock, independent means for moving said device from operative to inoperative position and vice versa with respect to the moving stock, an auxiliary reservoir for supplying coloring material to said device, a main reservoir for supplying coloring material to said auxiliary reservoir, and means for varying the cross-section of said device. A

8. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printingmacliine comprising a unitary device consisting of a reservoir for coloring matter and means for extracting coloring matter therefrom and applying it to moving stock, means for adjusting said device to and from the path of movement of the stock and means for adjusting said device transversely to the path of movement of said stock.

9. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printing machine comprising a unitary device consisting of a` reservoir for coloring matter and means for extracting coloring mater therefrom and applying it to moving stock, means for adjusting said device to and from the path of movement of said stock, means for adjusting said device transveisely to the path of movement of said stock and independent means for moving said device from operative to inoperative position at will with respect to the stock.

10. An apparatus for coloring stock in its passage through a printing machine comprising a unitary device consisting of a reservoir for coloring matter and means for extracting coloring matter therefrom and applying it to moving stock and means for conducting excess coloring matter from said device and away from the moving stock.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature.

JOHN T.' SCHAAFF.

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